Dumping-cart



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P. WEBER.

v DUMPING CART.

No. 449,720. Patented Apr. '7, 1891.

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' DUMPING UART.

No. 449,720. PatentedApr. 7, 1891.

WIZWE'SSES IV'YENR Him-nay UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEY FRAK VEBER, OFLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DUMPlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming parl; 0fV Letters Patent NO. 449,720, dated April'7, 1891.

Application filed .Tannary 20, 1891. Serial No. 37%:436- (N0 mOdel-l YTo all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK XVEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carts;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in dumping-carts; and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement and combination ofparts of whichitis composed, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- 'Figure l represents a vertical sectional view ofmy cart. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a frontviewof the locking-rod detached from the cart.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the cart,and a the axle thereof, while the letter B represents thetransporting-wheels and C the shafts, b the singletree, o the rearcross-spring, and CZ d the two side springs. The side springs areattached to brackets e, secured to the 'under side of the side sills ofthe cart-body by their forward ends, and their rear ends are shackled tothe ends of the cross-spring c, which latter in turn is clipped andbolted at its central portion to the cross-piece f of the body. Thus bysuch connections of said springs with the body the latter is supportedon springs, the axle a being clipped and bolted to the central portionof the side springs, as shown at g.

D represents a transverse rod, which extends from one sill 7L 7L of thecart-body to the other sill, the end of which rod enters a perforationin a plate t', forming a bearing therefor, and said plates are bolted tothe inside of the sills, somewhat in front of the cartaxle. To this rod,and adjacent to each bearing-plate, is pivoted the rear ends of theshafts by a metal plate jj, the eye 7c of which the rod'enters, land theflat portion Z, extending forward of the angular portion m, is bolted tosaid shafts, thus providing ahinged connection between the rear portionof the shafts and the cart-body.

Secured to the cross-bar ln of the shafts and on the under side thereofis a plate o, which provided at its rear end with eyes 1' o' and at itsforward end with an angular plate s, providing a shoulder t, and towhich end is bolted or pivoted the singletree h.

E E indicate two chains, the forward ends of which are connected to theeyes in the sliding plate q, and the rear ends thereof are attached toone end of a spring-link u, while said spring-link is in turn connected,as at fu, to the cart-axle by a clip fw. Thus it will be seen that thedirect draft is from the singletree to the axle through the medium ofthe chains aforesaid.

F F designate eyebolts, which pass through -each shaft and the cross-barfn, the latter extending on each side of the former, forming stops orrests for the forward extended ends of the side sills of the cart.

G indicates a locking-rod for holding the Cart-body to the shafts, andthe same is provided at each end with a crank portion y y and a lever z,having a chain a connected to it, the opposite end thereof (the chain)engaging a hook b on the side of the cart-sills, and the transverseportion of this rod is designed to enter the eyes in the bolts F F,forming a pivotal connection between said rod and shafts.

It Vwill be observed from the above descriptionl and by reference to theannexed drawings that I provide means whereby the animal may dump thecart and draw it to its norlnal position after dumping. The driver, inorder to dump the cart, simply loosens the chain ce from the hook b onthe side of the cart-body and throws the lever forward, which movementturns the transverse rod G in the eyebolts, thus causing the crank endsthereof to disengage the extended forward ends of the side sills of thecart, after which the animal is slightly backed. Thus by means of theshafts being hinged to the body forward of the axle, forming a lever,(the shafts) the for- IOO ward portion of said cart-bod y is caused torise, thereby dumping the load, the shafts forming a leverage for thispurpose. lVhen it is desired to bring the body to its normal position,the horse is moved forward and the shoulders c c in front of the eyes inthe sliding plate q will engage the plate 0 on the crosspiece of theshafts and will cause the draft to be directly on the shafts. Inthemeantime the chains beneath the body remain in a slackened positionand cause the forward portion of the body to fall on the cross-piece n,after which the hand-lever is moved rearwardly, causing the cranks ofthe locking-rod to engage and hold the extended ends of the cart-sillsto the shafts. At the same time the slack in the draft-chains beneaththe cart is taken up, and when the cart is moved for ward the entiredraft is on these chains, the pull being between the singletree andaxle, thus providing a direct draft upon the axle at all times, and thespring-links serve the purpose of preventing sudden shock to the horse,the same yielding suiciently. At the same time the draft is directly onthe axle.

It is obvious that I can, if desired, use a doubletree instead of asingletree with my cart, and also provide the usual attachments forworking one horse in front of another. It will thus be seen that by myconstruction of a cart the weight is upon the springs and axle and thedraft from the sin gletree is direct on the axle through the medium ofthe pair of chains, and the latter being provided with the spring-linksthere is no sudden shock or jar to the horse whether in starting thecart or on a steady pull. At thc saine time the cart-body has free andindependent movenient of the wheels when the latter strike anobstruction, thereby preventing the animal from being knocked from oneside to the other by the shafts, and it is durable, easily and quicklydumped, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

Ilavin g th us described my invention, what claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combinatiomwith the cart-body, the springs secured thereto and tothe axle, of the sliding plate having the eyes and shoulders, the chainsprovided with the spring-links and attached, respectively, to saidsliding plate and axle, all substantially as described.

2. The cart herein described, consisting of the body, the side springsand cross-springs mounted on the axle carrying the transporting-wheels,the chains provided with the spring-links,the sliding plate constructedsubstantially as described, said chains interposed between the axle andsaid plate, the loop secured to the cross-bar of the shafts, the rodtransversely arranged beneath the body and forward of the axle, theshafts connected thereto, andthe locking-bar having the cranked endsadapted to engage the extended ends of the body-sills, having ahand-lever and a chain, the latter connecting removably to the hook` onthe side of the body, all as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my sign atu rc in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK wn mn.

lVitnesses:

A. J. SPEoKEn'r, T. A. KELLY.

